Rebound-snubber.



H. E. WRIGHT.

REBOUND SNUBBER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, i916. 3,1 @Air-03., Patented Jan. 30,1917. 2 SHEETS-susan.

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REBOUND SNU'BBEH. APPLICATION FILED :UNE 1. 191e.

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enti friction mit in dotted iiA e mism; Fig. @is e Wesiiiiigton, have invented ceiteiii :md

' useful mpi'eveiiients is Rebound-Snuhbei's,

of which the foiiowing is e specicaticn.

This investies relates tc imprevemeiits in shock absorbers im: vehicles ed has for its ocgieet te check and pieveiit shocks sufi jcits eine .te excessive i'ebeunci ci e spying sci geeft (i veiiicie 'iccy incient te the Wheels ci the Vehicle passing evei obstructions is a iced. 'it is e Weil known feet that springs secicm if ever7 beek uieaei the downward pessuie of e, vehicle when hitting e, bump er hele the ieocmid.

The piesent invention is designed te duce i' met entiieiy eiiminete the danger ci such breakage.

With these end. @they objects in View the invention consists in certain nevel 'features ci' construction; arrangement and combinetici @if pests as Wiii "ee hei'eiiie'tei fully describe and pointed cutie the claims, reference being hed te the accompanying drewings in Which--y Figui-e i is e sitie elevation ci the device as in use; Fig. 2 is s .trent eieyetien; Fig. 3 is e top pian View; 4 is en enierged eteii View peity biekei. e y chewing the s; Fig. 5 is e side elevation partly iiicien away ci the intermeiete ievei with incicsed mecheciiei View of the essersbied device and Fi 'Y is e pien View the ieve'r arms, WesheisS mits boite detached.

Reife'friig more pei'ticuiei'ly the drewiiigs the numemi l aiesignetes e casing ccmprising a peil 1 of ianged mineier memeei's 27 Aen intermediate ennuie? member 3 and removeeie side plates e. The inner piece of the intermediate member, it Wiii be ncte. extends beyond the ieneil ieee ef. the iengefi members providing in eiect e shouidei 5 against which the siete pLtes beer. im cicsed Within the casing; is substentieiy recteiiguisr clutch ciq brake weinige? 5, the function and deteiiefi constructies ci which Wiii be described hei'eineter. NThe piates'i are secured together and te the brake memoeil by means of screws 7 passing through suitace coumtersuiik openings 8 in the plates i en inte correspenfiing threede openings the brake member thus secemciy1 but ietechebiy comiectiiag scifi peet-s together.

r the extremities butthat the breek ehveys occurs en The t?" coii'ei'm te the ci fhe in teieei ete enculee which mcy icticnelly engage. iiiie-.iitet' iii iecess 12 tesmed in these c le piureiity of plimgei's i3 (em w extension) the outei' ends ci if by means ci springs .ieim f1 `Yeiiwnt WitsL oiies i5 ibi 'c be esciibefi.

A ig." s 1G pieceei in superpose :rei-tien epee side pistes witten the can es ci the iienges i? formed @1 ne flanged minimi" members 2, Washers between seid 'i8 being preeiebiy interposefi The enged disk and ennuiei members.

Jie-i memiers ae termed with integral nsiciis forming; iii eect a biurceted i erm 12% *wen 'the parte eie in assem- 'ne-ci-csitime The iisks i6 are also each picvitieci 'with e ievei' eim 20, seid arms beingcennected te the disks es by welding er any @their suitable means) ci the arms 20 may be integrally i'orime To assemble the patte :mii ilisteii the device on en automobile the 'brake member 6 and i'oiiei's l5 are mseite "within the casing as i'iusti'eted in Fig. 57 side plates 4, Was'ties i8 ami isks i6 being rele-tively plece es shown in Fig. 3 end thev Whole clamped together by needed beit El and nut 22. Then the bifurcate lever' eims 19 and Z0 are pivcteliy connected te the spring 23 end chassis 2li o the vehicie by any suitebe mee-ns. The means iiiustrete; in Figs. i, 2 and 3 comprise e boit Q5, spec-ei biccks 26 end nuts Z7 tei' .seem-ing the eis-ms 5B@ te the chassis Whiie threaded membef 28 end mits 29 serve te cemiect the fiim i9 te the spring :23.

The heecied beit 21 is previdcd with e pin 30 adapted te seet in e coiespoiiding recess 3l cimed in cile of the iev/ei' erms 20, tees ed te in one ci time (ieieimecl m the cutei fece et the pfessleiis e L, eiche? ievei afm Z0 when the mit 22 is screwed home. it wiii thus be seen that when the vehicle `passes ovei en ebstructicn the arms 20 and, i9 are cau te approach this movement the li emi breite membei cesm: iii e cicciaone another. 'During Weshess 18 fide 'metes' mteee ieeiy im tit snugiy upon rebound of the vehicle the reverse of this movement is retardedn or entirely checked by the Wedging action of the rollersl 15 which are forced into gradually increasing frictional contact with the approach-ing opposing faces of the member 6 and periphery of the intermediate annulaimember 3, as the member' 6 rotates in an anticloekivise direction. r

What I claim a l. In a device of the kind described a casing comprising -a pair of flanged annular' members and an intermediate annular member therebetween, the inner peripheral face` of said intermediate member extending be- )fond the inner face of the flanged members to form a shoulder, removable side I,plates and disks seated Within said ianged'annular members and bearing against said shoulder, a brake member Within ily rotatable in a clockwise for retarding the rotation of said brake member in an anticlockwise direction, lever arms formed on said disks adapted to be condirection, means rsaid easing read .member, aV substantially rectangular brake member inclosed Within said casing, the four corners of said brake member having extens1ons adapted to frictionally engage the mner periphery of said intermediate annular memberE levers secured to said disk adapted to be connected to the chassis and a lever formed on said flanged annular member adapted to be connected to the spring of a vehicle,"means permitting clockwise movement of said brake member in said casing When said levers approach each other, said means retarding the antielockwise movement of said brake member when said levers are moved in an opposite direction. A Y

In testimony whereof I ai'iX my signature.

easier E. Weiser; 

